Health and Medicine 

See Also

User's Guide to Finding and Evaluating Health Information
From the Medical Library Association 

Health care management resources: web sites for the national debate
From the Association of Colleges & Research Libraries

• American Hospital Directory
  Covers over 6,000 hospitals and specialty treatment centers in the U.S. Accreditations as well as summary financial and operational statistics included. Some information subscriber only.
        
       See also hospital ratings resources recommended by the Medical Library Association.
  
  
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  Lots of authoritative information on health and safety topics, plus publications, statistics, and more.
  
  
• First-Aid Guide
  From the Mayo Clinic, arranged by topic. See also Emergencies and First Aid from the Harvard Medical School Family Guide
  
  
• Food and Nutrition Center
  From the USDA's National Agricultural Library (NAL). Links to USDA's food composition database, menu planners, information on child obesity, food safety information, and many other issues and topics.
  
  
• MayoClinic.com
  A wealth of information succinctly presented by this leading U.S. clinic.  
  
  
• MedlinePlus
  From the National Library of Medicine, resources on many health topics , directories of hospitals, physicians and dentists, drug and supplement information, clinical trials, and more. Also available in Spanish.
  
  
• Health and Medical Sciences from the Internet Public Library
  A gateway to links for many categories. e.g. Alternative Medicine, Nutrition & Diet, Public Health, Sexuality, Health Care Issues, Medications & Pharmaceuticals. 
  
  
• Merck Manual
  Check out the on-line version of the Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, 17th edition. Also searchable by keyword
  
  
• The Online Medical Dictionary
  A searchable dictionary covering terms relating to biochemistry, cell biology, chemistry, medicine, molecular biology, physics, plant biology, radiobiology, science and technology.
  
  
  
• UVA Health Resource Center
  A confidential free service for local residents designed to provide easy access to health information in everyday language.